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    Fist squirrel with Bess

    Long time since I've been here. This my first squirrel with my Pedersoli Bess, a retirement gift from my wife this year. (70g 2f, 80g #6 shot, paper shot cup)
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    Report on 2015-2016 NC squirrel season

    Summary of 2015-2016 squirrel season Squirrels seen: 41 Squirrels shot at: 20 Squirrels bagged: 16 80% hit rate for shots at squirrels (Oh yeah, and squirrels who fell into deep pools of water after being shot from trees, requiring me to strip to my underwear and wade in very cold water with...
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    Teaching the son-in-law to skin beaver

    My son-in-law had the great misfortune of growing up in Manhattan, then living in the DC area. He'd never seen a flintlock other than in a movie, so I've taught him how to load and shoot one. He and my daughter are down for Christmas, and he wants to learn hunting and trapping, so I've taken...
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    Black powder vapors discolor brass?

    I had some 12 or so paper cartridges for my Remington New Army with 3F powder in a small box. Out of convenience I placed 6 rounds of .45 Colt for the conversion cylinder in the same bot. This was about 2 weeks ago. Today I open the box and all the brass casings have completely changed, they...
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    Dead squirrels don't float

    So last week I was squirrel hunting in a semi-new area. I was familiar with the area in general, but not this particular hollow. I spot a squirrel about 20 feet up in a tree about 25 yards away at the bottom of the hollow, as I was coming down the side. I know there's a creek at the bottom...
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    End of squirrel season.

    Well, another squirrel season has come and gone here in North Carolina. It was a very good season, but still I hate to see it end. Squirrels and foxes are about the only things I hunt and fox season is completely within squirrel season, so I just have to wait till October, I guess.
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    Add a safety notch to Remington New Army hammer?

    I was thinking of adding a notch to the hammer of my Pietta Remington 1858 to hold the hammer just off the nipple. Anyone ever try this? I'm not sure there's enough 'meat' on the hammer before the half cock notch for this to work. I know I can use the safety notches on the cylinder between the...
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    New pistol

    I've been shooting a brass frame Remington New Army for a few years, and my loads have slowly but steadily crept upwards. Then I saw last week that Cabellas has the steel frame version on sale under $200, so I had to get one. Got the shorter barrel. Made a holster for it, but haven't darkened...
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    Possum with Cap and Ball Revolver

    Got a possum with my brass-frame Remington New Army. .44 cal, 30g 2f, .451 ball. Significant head damage, which is why his head is drooping on the other side of the log for the picture. His pelt is now stretched and drying in the garage.
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    Flintlock pistol ID

    My son in law just inherited a flintlock pistol from his aunt. It was sold to her about 40 years ago with the statement, (undocumented, so always suspect), that it was a revolutionary war relic. Any help with IDing this would be helpful. The lock is too rusted to see any markings, but the...
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    End of squirrel season in NC

    Yesterday was the last day of squirrel season in NC until October. :( Took my last shot in the last few minutes of the season. Missed, but that's ok, it was GREAT to be out hunting! :grin: And only 7 more months to the 2013-14 squirrel season!
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    Hunting sword?

    Rather than hijack the thread by Wick Ellerbe about the beautiful scabbard he made for a hunting sword (:bow: ), I thought I'd ask in a new thread. What exactly is a hunting sword for? :hmm: I sometimes carry a 1907 pattern Lee-Enfield sword-bayonet (19 inch blade) which is kind of a small...
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    Hunt alone?

    How many people usually hunt alone? Except on the now-rare occasions when my daughter goes with me (graduate school eats up a lot of time) I hunt alone. By 'alone' I mean no one goes with me for any part of the hunt from the time I leave home till I get home again, be it a day or a week. No...
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    wax result-not good

    I had posted about doing an experiment using just beewax as a finish on a pair of pistol grips and said I'd report on how it seemed to work. Looks nice, but getting wet leaves a white mark, so it's back to good ole' tung oil.
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    Muzzleloading hunting declining?

    I noticed recently that while out squirrel hunting during muzzleloading deer season (those muzzleloading deer are dangerous if they sneeze! :haha: ) that I was the only one out on every day I hunted. It was like when I go squirrel hunting after the regular deer season, no other hunters parked...
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    experimental finish

    I made a new set of grips for my Remington New Army, oak. I then lightly stained them and covered them with several coats of polyurethane. Problem was that when I carried the pistol one day and sweated a lot the grip against my side turned foggy. So I stripped them down again to bare wood...
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    Current score

    At the end of the third day of hunting, the score stands at Me 2, Squirrels 1. (points awarded for days I do/do not get one or more squirrels.) LOTS of squirrels this year. Which unfortunately doesn't necessarily mean I can hit them when I shoot at them. :haha:
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    stain as dye?

    I have a new pouch I made. I don't usually use leather dye, nothing against it I just usually let the leather be whatever color it is, but this one I'd like to have darker. I probably should just go buy leather dye at Tandy, but that's long drive, and besides whenever I go there to buy one...
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    NC squirrel opens Monday!

    Its almost like Christmas coming! Here in NC squirrel opens Monday. I can't get out until Wednesday, but I've been looking forward to it for weeks. :grin: Bobcat opens Monday too, and I suppose you could say I occasionally hunt bobcat, if by 'hunt' you mean go into the woods, find tracks...
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    What targets do you shoot at?

    Went to a public range the other day, on the weekend (I usually avoid weekends, Thursday afternoons are good for avoiding crowds), lots of people shooting. Mostly defensive handgun and various ARs or AKs. I noticed that even among the other shooters who appeared to be shooting hunting rifles...
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